()blivion
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OK, been building antennas for extending my WiFi even farther recently. And in doing so I came up with an interesting quandary.
Which in your opinion would be better/best for LONG range Wifi?
1: A Home made Bi-Quad built perfectly.
2: A Home made Bi-Quad built slightly wrong.
3: A Home made cantenna built perfectly.
4: A Home made cantenna built slightly wrong.
5: All the above as a feed for a large parabolic dish.
6: A Home made phased Loop Yagi Built perfectly.
7: A Home made phased Loop Yagi Built slightly wrong .
8: A manufactured "Cookie cutter" grid parabolic. ("cookie cutter" as in, they are all "stamped out" and look the same)
(Edit: My opinion and questions on the matter)
Obviously the dish with a built right feed is the best choice for the longest range possible. But better with which feed is best? And when compared, which out preforms what when built right vs being built wrong? I don't exactly have a 2.4Ghz analysis lab at my disposal to do the tests myself. (well, short from the dongle RSI values and careful observations of network integrity) And radio is finicky at best when it comes to home made IMO. So I like to take in to account the best and worst case scenarios and get every ones opinions.
Any input on this would be helpful for more than just me.
Which in your opinion would be better/best for LONG range Wifi?
1: A Home made Bi-Quad built perfectly.
2: A Home made Bi-Quad built slightly wrong.
3: A Home made cantenna built perfectly.
4: A Home made cantenna built slightly wrong.
5: All the above as a feed for a large parabolic dish.
6: A Home made phased Loop Yagi Built perfectly.
7: A Home made phased Loop Yagi Built slightly wrong .
8: A manufactured "Cookie cutter" grid parabolic. ("cookie cutter" as in, they are all "stamped out" and look the same)
(Edit: My opinion and questions on the matter)
Obviously the dish with a built right feed is the best choice for the longest range possible. But better with which feed is best? And when compared, which out preforms what when built right vs being built wrong? I don't exactly have a 2.4Ghz analysis lab at my disposal to do the tests myself. (well, short from the dongle RSI values and careful observations of network integrity) And radio is finicky at best when it comes to home made IMO. So I like to take in to account the best and worst case scenarios and get every ones opinions.
Any input on this would be helpful for more than just me.
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